Shower curtain



Oct. 14, 1952 M. ROSEN BAU M SHOWER CURTAIN Filed May 2l, 1951 IN VENTORJill/rice Rasen(my/1.1Li

BY @ww/ZM@ ATTORNEYJ Patented Oct. 14, 1952 UNITED .STATESAA PATENTOFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a shower curtain composed of fabric, plastic,semi-plastic or other similar material.

One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of ashower curtain provided with a receptacle.

Another object of the invention is a shower curtain having a pluralityof sections and means for mounting the receptacle at the juncture of thesections.

A further object of the invention is to provide a exible shower curtaincomposed of a plurality of panels of material, said panels being joinedby a seam, and means for mounting a flexible soap container in the seam.

Other objects will appear hereinafter throughout the specication.

The single figure is a front elevational view of the shower curtain madein. accordance with the present invention.

The modern bathroom includes, as part of its furnishings, a shower bathor a combination tub and shower bath, There is usually a recep-l taclefor soap or other articles in the wall of the shower or combined tub andshower. However, this receptacle, following the use of the shower,becomes lled or partially iilled with Water and any soap or otherarticles which have been placed in the receptacle are injured by thewater in the receptacle.

The device of the present invention includes a flexible shower bathcurtain preferably comprising a plurality of panels that are providedwith a seam forming the attaching means of the side edges of the panels.The receptacle is preferably constructed of the same or similar materialas the material of the curtain and it is held in proper position by theseam stitching.

Referring to the drawing, the letter A indicates the curtain as a whole.The curtain is composed of a plurality of sections joined by a seam I.

The numeral 2 indicates a pocket or receptacle for soap and otherarticles. 'I'his pocket is preferablyin the shape of a truncated coneand may be composed of a single piece of material, similar to or thesame as the material composing the curtain proper. The free side edgesof the pocket are held by the stitching of the seam i in the positionshown. The pocket is provided with an open top 3 and an open lower end4. The pocket is in the form of a loop of material, forming a truncatedcone, with the free sides of the loop stitched by the stitching whichconnects the side edges of a pair of adjacent panels and the seamforming the terminals of the pocket openings. The top opening extendsdiagonally to the seam.

It will be understood that the pocket is on the side of the curtainwhich faces inwardly toward the shower so that an article, such as a barof soap, may be deposited in the pocket by means of the opening 3. Theopening 4 is of such size that the soap will not pass completely out ofthe pocket but will permit drainage of water from the shower through thepocket. This opening 4 is a smaller size, therefore, than the opening 3.

The inclined side wall of the pocket is indicated by the numeral 5, andthe free side edges which have been sewed to the seam of the panels areindicated by the numeral 6.

Each of the panels may be provided with a folded over reinforcing topportion 1 through which a plurality of holes 8 extend. These holes arefor the reception of hooks which slide on a rod forming the support forthe curtain.

The panels are provided with side edges 9 and l0.

The drawing discloses a curtain comprising a plurality of panels. Whilethis construction is the preferred one, it will be understood that theshower curtain may be composed of a single panel. When using one panel,the pocket preferably would be located adjacent to one of the sideedges. It is also Within the limits of the present invention to attachthe pocket to the side hem, or the pocket may be heat-sealed to any partof the curtain or attached by other suitable means to the surface of thecurtain.

While I have described one form of the invention, it will be understoodthat other forms within the spirit of the invention may be used and thatI desire to be limited in the practice of my invention only to theextent set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A shower curtain comprising a plurality of panels of flexiblematerial, a pocket of flexible material in the shape of a truncated conehaving an upper opening and a lower opening, said upper opening beinglarger than said lower opening, said pocket being in the form of a loopof material having side edges, means consisting of a stitched seam forjoining the adjacent side edges of a pair of said curtain panels and forsecuring the side edges of said pocket material in said seam, said upperand lower pocket openings extending to said seam, said lower pocketopening extending across the entire bottom portion of said pocket.

2. A shower curtain comprising a plurality of panels of eXible material,a pocket of Iiexible material in the shape of a truncated cone having anupper opening and a lower opening, said upper opening being larger thansaid lower opening, said pocket being in the form of a loop of materialhaving side edges, means consisting of a stitched seam for joining theadjacent side edges of a pair of said curtain panels and for securingthe side edges of said pocket material in said seam, said upper andlower pocket openings extending to said seam, said lower pocket openingextending across the entire bottom portion of said pocket, said pocketconsisting of a single piece of material, the upper opening of saidpocket 15 having an edge portion which is diagonal with relation to saidseam.

MAURICE ROSENBAUM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date '726,824 Phillips Apr. 28,1903 1,500,991 Heitler July 8, 1924 2,138,973 Meine Dec. 6, 19382,543,216 Wood Feb. 27, 1951

